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EP2755006 - CONTAINER LIQUID LEAK INSPECTION DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 16.02.2018 Database last updated on 10.05.2025
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 10.03.2017
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 07.03.2017
Most recent event Tooltip	17.07.2020	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): AL	published on 19.08.2020 [2020/34]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Suntory Holdings Limited 1-40 Dojimahama 2-chome Kita-ku Osaka-shi, Osaka 530-8203 / JP
	[2014/29]
Inventor(s)	01 / KOBAYASHI Toshiya c/o Suntory World Headquaters 3-3, Daiba 2-chome Minato-ku, Tokyo 135-8631 / JP
	02 / IIZUKA Toshiaki c/o Suntory World Headquaters 3-3, Daiba 2-chome Minato-ku, Tokyo 135-8631 / JP
	03 / TAMURA Kosuke c/o Suntory World Headquaters 3-3, Daiba 2-chome Minato-ku, Tokyo 135-8631 / JP
	04 / SAKURAI Takuya c/o Suntory World Headquaters 3-3, Daiba 2-chome Minato-ku, Tokyo 135-8631 / JP
	[2014/29]
Representative(s)	Vossius & Partner Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte mbB Siebertstrasse 3 81675 München / DE
	[2017/15]
Former [2014/29]	Vossius & Partner Siebertstrasse 4 81675 München / DE
Application number, filing date	12830500.0	07.09.2012
	[2017/15]
	WO2012JP72910
Priority number, date	JP20110196479	08.09.2011 Original published format: JP 2011196479
	[2014/29]
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2013035846
	Date:	14.03.2013
	Language:	JA
	[2013/11]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2755006
	Date:	16.07.2014
	Language:	EN
	[2014/29]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2755006
	Date:	12.04.2017
	Language:	EN
	[2017/15]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	14.03.2013
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	15.07.2015
Classification	IPC:	G01M3/38	[2016/44]
	CPC:	G01M3/38 (EP)
	Former IPC [2014/29]	G01M3/26
Designated contracting states	AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2014/29]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Title	German:	VORRICHTUNG ZUR INSPEKTION VON FLÜSSIGKEITSBEHÄLTERN AUF UNDICHTIGKEIT	[2014/29]
	English:	CONTAINER LIQUID LEAK INSPECTION DEVICE	[2014/29]
	French:	DISPOSITIF D'INSPECTION DE FUITE DE LIQUIDE DE RÉCIPIENT	[2014/29]
Entry into regional phase	26.03.2014	Translation filed
	26.03.2014	National basic fee paid
	26.03.2014	Search fee paid
	26.03.2014	Designation fee(s) paid
	26.03.2014	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	26.03.2014	Examination requested [2014/29]
	08.02.2016	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	15.03.2016	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
	25.05.2016	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	27.10.2016	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	02.03.2017	Fee for grant paid
	02.03.2017	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	02.03.2017	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Divisional application(s)	The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 15.03.2016
Opposition(s)	15.01.2018	No opposition filed within time limit [2018/12]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	24.09.2014	Renewal fee patent year 03
	23.09.2015	Renewal fee patent year 04
	23.09.2016	Renewal fee patent year 05
Opt-out from the exclusive Tooltip competence of the Unified Patent Court	See the Register of the Unified Patent Court for opt-out data
	Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court.
Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	07.09.2012
	AL	12.04.2017
	AT	12.04.2017
	CY	12.04.2017
	CZ	12.04.2017
	DK	12.04.2017
	EE	12.04.2017
	FI	12.04.2017
	HR	12.04.2017
	LT	12.04.2017
	LV	12.04.2017
	MC	12.04.2017
	MK	12.04.2017
	NL	12.04.2017
	PL	12.04.2017
	PT	12.04.2017
	RO	12.04.2017
	RS	12.04.2017
	SE	12.04.2017
	SI	12.04.2017
	SK	12.04.2017
	SM	12.04.2017
	TR	12.04.2017
	BG	12.07.2017
	NO	12.07.2017
	GR	13.07.2017
	IS	12.08.2017
	IE	07.09.2017
	LU	07.09.2017
	MT	07.09.2017
	BE	30.09.2017
	CH	30.09.2017
	LI	30.09.2017
	[2020/34]
Former [2020/28]	HU	07.09.2012
	AT	12.04.2017
	CY	12.04.2017
	CZ	12.04.2017
	DK	12.04.2017
	EE	12.04.2017
	FI	12.04.2017
	HR	12.04.2017
	LT	12.04.2017
	LV	12.04.2017
	MC	12.04.2017
	MK	12.04.2017
	NL	12.04.2017
	PL	12.04.2017
	PT	12.04.2017
	RO	12.04.2017
	RS	12.04.2017
	SE	12.04.2017
	SI	12.04.2017
	SK	12.04.2017
	SM	12.04.2017
	TR	12.04.2017
	BG	12.07.2017
	NO	12.07.2017
	GR	13.07.2017
	IS	12.08.2017
	IE	07.09.2017
	LU	07.09.2017
	MT	07.09.2017
	BE	30.09.2017
	CH	30.09.2017
	LI	30.09.2017
Former [2020/15]	HU	07.09.2012
	AT	12.04.2017
	CY	12.04.2017
	CZ	12.04.2017
	DK	12.04.2017
	EE	12.04.2017
	FI	12.04.2017
	HR	12.04.2017
	LT	12.04.2017
	LV	12.04.2017
	MC	12.04.2017
	MK	12.04.2017
	NL	12.04.2017
	PL	12.04.2017
	RO	12.04.2017
	RS	12.04.2017
	SE	12.04.2017
	SI	12.04.2017
	SK	12.04.2017
	SM	12.04.2017
	TR	12.04.2017
	BG	12.07.2017
	NO	12.07.2017
	GR	13.07.2017
	IS	12.08.2017
	IE	07.09.2017
	LU	07.09.2017
	MT	07.09.2017
	BE	30.09.2017
	CH	30.09.2017
	LI	30.09.2017
Former [2019/51]	HU	07.09.2012
	AT	12.04.2017
	CY	12.04.2017
	CZ	12.04.2017
	DK	12.04.2017
	EE	12.04.2017
	FI	12.04.2017
	HR	12.04.2017
	LT	12.04.2017
	LV	12.04.2017
	MC	12.04.2017
	MK	12.04.2017
	NL	12.04.2017
	PL	12.04.2017
	RO	12.04.2017
	RS	12.04.2017
	SE	12.04.2017
	SI	12.04.2017
	SK	12.04.2017
	SM	12.04.2017
	BG	12.07.2017
	NO	12.07.2017
	GR	13.07.2017
	IS	12.08.2017
	IE	07.09.2017
	LU	07.09.2017
	MT	07.09.2017
	BE	30.09.2017
	CH	30.09.2017
	LI	30.09.2017
Former [2019/46]	HU	07.09.2012
	AT	12.04.2017
	CY	12.04.2017
	CZ	12.04.2017
	DK	12.04.2017
	EE	12.04.2017
	FI	12.04.2017
	HR	12.04.2017
	LT	12.04.2017
	LV	12.04.2017
	MC	12.04.2017
	NL	12.04.2017
	PL	12.04.2017
	RO	12.04.2017
	RS	12.04.2017
	SE	12.04.2017
	SI	12.04.2017
	SK	12.04.2017
	SM	12.04.2017
	BG	12.07.2017
	NO	12.07.2017
	GR	13.07.2017
	IS	12.08.2017
	IE	07.09.2017
	LU	07.09.2017
	MT	07.09.2017
	BE	30.09.2017
	CH	30.09.2017
	LI	30.09.2017
Former [2019/31]	HU	07.09.2012
	AT	12.04.2017
	CZ	12.04.2017
	DK	12.04.2017
	EE	12.04.2017
	FI	12.04.2017
	HR	12.04.2017
	LT	12.04.2017
	LV	12.04.2017
	MC	12.04.2017
	NL	12.04.2017
	PL	12.04.2017
	RO	12.04.2017
	RS	12.04.2017
	SE	12.04.2017
	SI	12.04.2017
	SK	12.04.2017
	SM	12.04.2017
	BG	12.07.2017
	NO	12.07.2017
	GR	13.07.2017
	IS	12.08.2017
	IE	07.09.2017
	LU	07.09.2017
	MT	07.09.2017
	BE	30.09.2017
	CH	30.09.2017
	LI	30.09.2017
Former [2018/43]	AT	12.04.2017
	CZ	12.04.2017
	DK	12.04.2017
	EE	12.04.2017
	FI	12.04.2017
	HR	12.04.2017
	LT	12.04.2017
	LV	12.04.2017
	MC	12.04.2017
	NL	12.04.2017
	PL	12.04.2017
	RO	12.04.2017
	RS	12.04.2017
	SE	12.04.2017
	SI	12.04.2017
	SK	12.04.2017
	SM	12.04.2017
	BG	12.07.2017
	NO	12.07.2017
	GR	13.07.2017
	IS	12.08.2017
	IE	07.09.2017
	LU	07.09.2017
	MT	07.09.2017
	BE	30.09.2017
	CH	30.09.2017
	LI	30.09.2017
Former [2018/39]	AT	12.04.2017
	CZ	12.04.2017
	DK	12.04.2017
	EE	12.04.2017
	FI	12.04.2017
	HR	12.04.2017
	LT	12.04.2017
	LV	12.04.2017
	MC	12.04.2017
	NL	12.04.2017
	PL	12.04.2017
	RO	12.04.2017
	RS	12.04.2017
	SE	12.04.2017
	SI	12.04.2017
	SK	12.04.2017
	SM	12.04.2017
	BG	12.07.2017
	NO	12.07.2017
	GR	13.07.2017
	IS	12.08.2017
	IE	07.09.2017
	LU	07.09.2017
	BE	30.09.2017
	CH	30.09.2017
	LI	30.09.2017
Former [2018/34]	AT	12.04.2017
	CZ	12.04.2017
	DK	12.04.2017
	EE	12.04.2017
	FI	12.04.2017
	HR	12.04.2017
	LT	12.04.2017
	LV	12.04.2017
	MC	12.04.2017
	NL	12.04.2017
	PL	12.04.2017
	RO	12.04.2017
	RS	12.04.2017
	SE	12.04.2017
	SI	12.04.2017
	SK	12.04.2017
	SM	12.04.2017
	BG	12.07.2017
	NO	12.07.2017
	GR	13.07.2017
	IS	12.08.2017
	IE	07.09.2017
	LU	07.09.2017
	CH	30.09.2017
	LI	30.09.2017
Former [2018/29]	AT	12.04.2017
	CZ	12.04.2017
	DK	12.04.2017
	EE	12.04.2017
	FI	12.04.2017
	HR	12.04.2017
	LT	12.04.2017
	LV	12.04.2017
	MC	12.04.2017
	NL	12.04.2017
	PL	12.04.2017
	RO	12.04.2017
	RS	12.04.2017
	SE	12.04.2017
	SI	12.04.2017
	SK	12.04.2017
	SM	12.04.2017
	BG	12.07.2017
	NO	12.07.2017
	GR	13.07.2017
	IS	12.08.2017
Former [2018/25]	AT	12.04.2017
	CZ	12.04.2017
	DK	12.04.2017
	EE	12.04.2017
	FI	12.04.2017
	HR	12.04.2017
	LT	12.04.2017
	LV	12.04.2017
	NL	12.04.2017
	PL	12.04.2017
	RO	12.04.2017
	RS	12.04.2017
	SE	12.04.2017
	SI	12.04.2017
	SK	12.04.2017
	SM	12.04.2017
	BG	12.07.2017
	NO	12.07.2017
	GR	13.07.2017
	IS	12.08.2017
Former [2018/11]	AT	12.04.2017
	CZ	12.04.2017
	DK	12.04.2017
	EE	12.04.2017
	FI	12.04.2017
	HR	12.04.2017
	LT	12.04.2017
	LV	12.04.2017
	NL	12.04.2017
	PL	12.04.2017
	RO	12.04.2017
	RS	12.04.2017
	SE	12.04.2017
	SK	12.04.2017
	SM	12.04.2017
	BG	12.07.2017
	NO	12.07.2017
	GR	13.07.2017
	IS	12.08.2017
Former [2018/10]	AT	12.04.2017
	CZ	12.04.2017
	DK	12.04.2017
	EE	12.04.2017
	FI	12.04.2017
	HR	12.04.2017
	LT	12.04.2017
	LV	12.04.2017
	NL	12.04.2017
	PL	12.04.2017
	RO	12.04.2017
	RS	12.04.2017
	SE	12.04.2017
	SK	12.04.2017
	BG	12.07.2017
	NO	12.07.2017
	GR	13.07.2017
	IS	12.08.2017
Former [2018/09]	AT	12.04.2017
	DK	12.04.2017
	EE	12.04.2017
	FI	12.04.2017
	HR	12.04.2017
	LT	12.04.2017
	LV	12.04.2017
	NL	12.04.2017
	PL	12.04.2017
	RS	12.04.2017
	SE	12.04.2017
	BG	12.07.2017
	NO	12.07.2017
	GR	13.07.2017
	IS	12.08.2017
Former [2017/50]	AT	12.04.2017
	FI	12.04.2017
	HR	12.04.2017
	LT	12.04.2017
	LV	12.04.2017
	NL	12.04.2017
	PL	12.04.2017
	RS	12.04.2017
	SE	12.04.2017
	BG	12.07.2017
	NO	12.07.2017
	GR	13.07.2017
	IS	12.08.2017
Former [2017/49]	AT	12.04.2017
	FI	12.04.2017
	HR	12.04.2017
	LT	12.04.2017
	NL	12.04.2017
	NO	12.07.2017
	GR	13.07.2017
	IS	12.08.2017
Former [2017/48]	NL	12.04.2017
Documents cited:	Search	[IY]JP2007071568 (MORINAGA MILK INDUSTRY CO LTD) [I] 1,2,4 * the whole document * [Y] 3;
		[A]JPS636432 (TOSHIBA CORP) [A] 1 * abstract * * paragraph [0002] *;
		[A]JPH07333171 (HITACHI LTD) [A] 1 * figure 2 *;
		[Y]US2009139911 (LISEC RONALD [US] ET AL) [Y] 3 * figure 11 *;
		[A]FR2803035 (LABEDZ DANIEL [FR]) [A] 1 * figures 1-3 *
	International search	[Y]JP2007071568 (MORINAGA MILK INDUSTRY CO LTD);
		[Y]JP2000310577 (TOSHIBA CORP);
		[Y]JPH07333171 (HITACHI LTD);
		[Y]JPS636432 (TOSHIBA CORP);
		[Y]JP2002286581 (NISSHIN DENSHI KOGYO KK)
	by applicant	JP2000009578

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